Patents by Inventor Yujiro Kaneko

Yujiro Kaneko has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250006566
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes: a plurality of power semiconductor elements arranged in parallel to each other; a first conductor plate and a second conductor plate respectively bonded to an upper surface and a lower surface of the power semiconductor elements arranged in parallel to each other; a wiring substrate provided on the second conductor plate; and an electronic component mounted on the wiring substrate, the power semiconductor elements, the first conductor plate, the second conductor plate, the wiring substrate, and the electronic component being sealed with a sealing member. The first conductor plate positioned on the upper surface side of the wiring substrate has at least one of a recess and a through hole in a region facing with the electronic component on the wiring substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutake TSUYUNO, Akira MIMA, Yujiro KANEKO, Eiichi IDE
  • Publication number: 20240282665
    Abstract: Provided is a power semiconductor device including: a circuit body in which a conductor plate and a semiconductor element mounted on the conductor plate are sealed with a sealing resin; a cooler disposed opposite to at least one surface of the circuit body; and an insulating member disposed between the circuit body and the cooler, the insulating member including: an insulating sheet bonded to the cooler; a conductor layer bonded to a surface of the insulating sheet, the surface facing the circuit body; and electrically insulating heat dissipation grease filled between the circuit body and the cooler, and formed covering the insulating sheet and the conductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junpei KUSUKAWA, Eiichi IDE, Takashi HIRAO, Yujiro KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20240255233
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger, an inner fin having heat transference is disposed in a flat passage, the inner fin is formed by a plurality of fin portions having a convex shape formed by a top surface portion and a side surface portion and having a hollow inside the convex shape; when a direction in which the plurality of fin portions are formed and lined to be continuous via a coupling portion is defined as a first direction and a direction in which slits are formed between the plurality of fin portions and lined is defined as a second direction, the plurality of fin portions are arranged at a predetermined interval in the second direction; and the inner fin is arranged such that the first direction and the second direction respectively forms an acute angle with respect to a flow of a refrigerant flowing in the flat passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAGI, Yujiro KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20240243032
    Abstract: In an electric circuit body, at least one of the cooling members fixed to both surfaces of a first semiconductor module and a second semiconductor module includes a first heat dissipation region that abuts on the first semiconductor module through a heat conduction member, a second heat dissipation region that abuts on the second semiconductor module through the heat conduction member, and a low rigidity portion formed between the first heat dissipation region and the second heat dissipation region to have lower rigidity the first heat dissipation region and the second heat dissipation region; and the fixing member fixes the cooling member to both surfaces of the first semiconductor module and the second semiconductor module in the low rigidity portion of the cooling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Nobutake TSUYUNO, Yujiro KANEKO, Yusuke TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 11967584
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate on which a first conductor layer is arranged on one surface, a first conductor that is connected to the first conductor layer via a first connecting material, and a semiconductor element that is connected to the first conductor via a first connecting material. When viewed from a direction perpendicular to an electrode surface of the semiconductor element, the first conductor includes a peripheral portion formed larger than the semiconductor element. A first recess is formed in the peripheral portion so that a thickness of the first connecting material becomes thicker than other portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Shimazu, Yujiro Kaneko, Toru Kato, Akira Matsushita, Eiichi Ide
  • Patent number: 11961780
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a semiconductor device that includes first and second fin bases having first and second connecting portions and a resin for sealing the outer peripheral side surfaces of first to fourth conductors, and a flow path forming body connected to the first and second connecting portions of the first and second fin bases. A first elastically deformed portion, which is elastically deformed, is provided such that a distance in a thickness direction between the outer peripheral ends of the first and second connecting portions becomes smaller than a distance in a thickness direction between intermediate portions of the first and second connecting portions. The resin is filled between the first and second connecting portions of the first and second fin bases are filled with the resin therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutake Tsuyuno, Akira Matsushita, Yujiro Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11956908
    Abstract: Reliability is to be improved. A control board 2 on which an electronic component 1 is mounted and an enclosure 3 in which the control board 2 is sealed with sealing resin 5 are included, wherein the enclosure 3 has a shape in which a volume of resin on one surface side of the control board 2 is larger than a volume of resin on the other surface side, a gate mark 21a is formed in the enclosure 3, a length of the gate mark 21a in a thickness direction of the control board 2 is larger than a thickness of the control board 2, the control board 2 is located such that a side surface partially overlaps a projection region of the gate mark 21a, and the control board 2 is arranged toward the other surface side relative to a center of the gate mark 21a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yujiro Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20240096727
    Abstract: A first power semiconductor element and a second power semiconductor element of a power semiconductor device are such that, when heat generated by the first power semiconductor element is larger than heat generated by the second power semiconductor element, a first distance from an end of the first power semiconductor element to an end of the conductor plate is larger than a second distance from an end of the second power semiconductor element to an end, connected to the second power semiconductor element, of a second conductor plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromi SHIMAZU, Yujiro KANEKO, Yusuke TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20240057302
    Abstract: A heat exchange device that is formed in a substantially rectangular shape and that cools a power semiconductor element, and a power conversion device comprising the heat exchange device, the heat exchange device including: a fin formation region in which cooling water flows in a transverse direction; and a buffer region formed in a lamination direction and facing the fin formation region, a partition wall being interposed therebetween, wherein an inlet and an outlet for the cooling water are respectively formed at at least one of both ends in a longitudinal direction, a flow path pit connecting the fin formation region and the buffer region is formed at both ends in the transverse direction, and the buffer region has a partition that divides the cooling water flowing in from the inlet and the cooling water flowing toward the outlet, and the inlet and the outlet are respectively connected to the fin formation region via the flow path pit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAGI, Yujiro KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20240047231
    Abstract: An electric circuit body including a power semiconductor element joined to one surface of a conductor plate; a sheet member including an insulating layer joined to the other surface of the conductor plate; a sealing member that integrally seals the sheet member, the conductor plate, and the power semiconductor element in a state where a surface of the sheet member opposite to a surface joined to the conductor plate is exposed; a cooling member that cools heat of the power semiconductor element; and a heat conduction member provided between the opposite surface of the sheet member and the cooling member, where the heat conduction member is provided over a first projection region facing the conductor plate and a second projection region facing the sealing member, and a thickness of the heat conduction member is thicker in the second projection region than in the first projection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuhiro TSUYUKI, Nobutake TSUYUNO, Eiichi IDE, Yujiro KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20240038611
    Abstract: An electrical circuit body includes a power semiconductor element joined to one face of a conductor plate, a sheet member including an insulating layer joined to the other face of the conductor plate, a sealing member integrally sealing the sheet member, the conductor plate, and the power semiconductor element in a state where a face, of the sheet member, opposite to a face joined to the conductor plate is exposed, and a cooling member bonded to the opposite face of the sheet member via a heat conduction member, wherein the sealing member has a recess along an outer edge of the sheet member on a surface where the sheet member is exposed, the recess being located outside the sheet member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ning TANG, Nobutake TSUYUNO, Yujiro KANEKO, Eiichi IDE
  • Publication number: 20240030827
    Abstract: A power conversion device including: a semiconductor device; a first water channel and a second water channel stacked in a predetermined stacking direction and installed with the semiconductor device interposed therebetween; and a connecting water channel connecting the first water channel and the second water channel, in which the connecting water channel is formed by joining and fixing a joint member joined to the first water channel and the second water channel and a cover member separate from the joint member to each other, the first water channel and the second water channel are joined to the joint member by a joint formed in a plane parallel to the stacking direction, and the cover member covers the joint and is joined and fixed to the joint member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAGI, Yujiro KANEKO, Masanori MIYAGI, Xudong ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240006271
    Abstract: A heating element cooling structure includes a heating element, a water path member through which a refrigerant flows, and a heat conductive layer covering an outer surface of the water path member, wherein the heat conductive layer is formed of a material having a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the water path member, wherein the heat conductive layer includes a first region formed on the outer surface, of the water path member, close to the heating element, and a second region formed on the outer surface, of the water path member, away from the heating element, and wherein the first region and the second region of the heat conductive layer are continuously formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKAGI, Yujiro KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20230298983
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; and a first conductor and a second conductor respectively joined to a first surface and a second surface of the semiconductor element via Sn-based solder, in which a Ni-based plated layer is formed on surfaces of the first conductor and the second conductor that oppose the Sn-based solder and on the first surface and the second surface of the semiconductor element, and an interface reaction inhibition layer made of (Cu, Ni)6Sn5 and having a layer thickness of 1.2 to 4.0 ?m is formed at an interface between the Ni-based plated layer and the Sn-based solder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu IKEDA, Yusuke TAKAGI, Yujiro KANEKO, Shota FUNATO
  • Publication number: 20230187305
    Abstract: A power module includes a first conductor plate to which a first power semiconductor element is bonded, a second conductor plate to which a second power semiconductor element is bonded, the second conductor plate being disposed adjacent to the first conductor plate, a first heat-dissipating member disposed counter to the first conductor plate and the second conductor plate, and a first insulating sheet member disposed between the first heat-dissipating member and the first conductor plate. The first power semiconductor element is disposed at a position at which a first length from an end of the first conductor plate, the end being closer to the second conductor plate, to the first power semiconductor element is larger than a second length from an end of the first conductor plate, the end being far from the second conductor plate, to the first power semiconductor element, and the second length is larger than the thickness of the first conductor plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi SHIMAZU, Yujiro KANEKO, Yusuke TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20230119278
    Abstract: Provided is an electric circuit body including: a power semiconductor element; a first conductor plate configured to be connected to one surface of the power semiconductor element; a first sheet-shaped member having a first resin insulation layer and configured to at least cover a surface of the first conductor plate; a sealing material configured to seal each of the power semiconductor element, the first conductor plate, and an end of the first sheet-shaped member; and a first cooling member configured to be adhesively attached to the first sheet-shaped member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutake TSUYUNO, Yusuke TAKAGI, Yujiro KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20220375820
    Abstract: A problem is that close contact with a heat dissipation surface of a power semiconductor device is not sufficient, and thus heat dissipation performance is low. A thermally conductive layer 5 abuts on a heat dissipation surface 4a of a circuit body 100, and a heat dissipation member 7 abuts on the outside of the thermally conductive layer 5, which is a side of the heat dissipation surface 4a of the circuit body 100. A fixing member 8 abuts on a side of the circuit body 100 opposite to the heat dissipation surface 4a. A connection member 9 is penetrated at the respective end portions of the heat dissipation member 7 and the fixing member 8. FIG. 3 illustrates a state before a bolt and a nut of the connection member 9 are tightened. The heat dissipation member 7 holds a curved shape such that the central portion of the heat dissipation member 7 protrudes toward the circuit body 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromi SHIMAZU, Yujiro KANEKO, Eiichi IDE, Yusuke TAKAGI, Hisashi TANIE
  • Publication number: 20220336324
    Abstract: A sheet-shaped member 440 including a resin insulating layer 441 and a metal foil 442 is used. The sheet-shaped member 440 is deformed following warpage or step difference in a second conductor plate 431 and a fourth conductor plate 433, and therefore, the thickness of the resin insulating layer 441 can be set to a constant thickness of, for example, 120 ?m capable of securing insulation properties. By plastically deforming a metal-based heat conduction member 450 having a thickness of, for example, 120 ?m interposed between the sheet-shaped member 440 and a cooling member 340, the thickness of the metal-based heat conduction member 450 is changed to absorb the warpage or step difference generated in the second conductor plate 431 and the fourth conductor plate 433. This results in remarkable improvement in heat dissipation as compared with a case where the conductor plates are brought into contact with the cooling member 340 via an insulating layer alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutake TSUYUNO, Yujiro KANEKO, Akira MATSUSHITA, Masahito MOCHIZUKI, Eiichi IDE, Junpei KUSUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11432419
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a first power semiconductor element having a first surface and a second surface. The semiconductor module also includes a second power semiconductor element having a first surface and a second surface. The semiconductor module also includes first, second, third, and fourth conductor plates, and a connecting part. The connecting part is integrally formed with the second conductor plate, extends toward the third conductor plate, and is connected to the third conductor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tokihito Suwa, Yujiro Kaneko, Yusuke Takagi, Shinichi Fujino, Takahiro Shimura
  • Publication number: 20220013432
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate on which a first conductor layer is arranged on one surface, a first conductor that is connected to the first conductor layer via a first connecting material, and a semiconductor element that is connected to the first conductor via a first connecting material. When viewed from a direction perpendicular to an electrode surface of the semiconductor element, the first conductor includes a peripheral portion formed larger than the semiconductor element. A first recess is formed in the peripheral portion so that a thickness of the first connecting material becomes thicker than other portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi SHIMAZU, Yujiro KANEKO, Toru KATO, Akira MATSUSHITA, Eiichi IDE